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"Full plate of historical tidbits entwined into a fabulous mystery"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted July 9, 2004

In 1836 Bank of Louisiana President Hubert Granville wearily and depressingly informs his friend free man of color Benjamin January that his four thousand dollars is gone and the bankrupt firm can only make good with three hundred dollars. Hubert believes that bank manager Oliver Weems stole the specie Read more...

"Masterful mystery set in Civil War era New Orleans."
Reviewed by Anne Barringer
Posted August 11, 2004

The 8th book in the Benjamin January mystery series finds Benjamin approached by his bank with an offer he cannot refuse. It seems a great deal of the Bank of Louisiana's money has gone missing, and the bank's branch manager, Oliver Weems is the likely suspect. Benjamin would like to Read more...